Answer I just signed my father up for the dental plan through AARP. It's ~ $550 a year for insurance coverage but it's a good plan. www.aarp.com Answer AARP… is good. Also, many of the companies that offer Medicare Supplements also offer Senior Dental Plans. Here in California Blue Cross has a good plan. To find companies in your state that provide dental insurance or dental discount plans, go to the National Association of Dental Plans site (www.nadp.org) which has a directory of companies that offer dental insurance. The directory can be searched by state and you can select "individual" and get the list of just those companies that provide individual dental insurance in your state. The listing also tells you if the company provides dental HMO, dental PPO, dental indemnity (traditional insurance without a network) or a discount plan (not insurance but a discount off the dentist's fees who are part of the discount network).

A "hospital" is a place where people go to get some medical treatment when they are sick or injured. Most major cities have several hospitals. When you go to a hospital,… you generally hope to come back alive. When you go to a 'hospice', on the other hand, you go with no such hope. One generally goes to a hospice knowing he/she is going to die. A hospice is a special hospital where people who are terminally ill get admitted. These people have no hope of being cured. So, unlike a hospital, a hospice not only takes care of the medical needs of a patient, but also looks after his emotional needs. The focus here is on keeping people as comfortable as possible - both physically and emotionally. By the way, the final "pice" in 'hospice' rhymes with the words "miss" and "kiss". The final 'e' is silent and the main stress is on the first syllable. Here are a few examples.

The age limit for elderly life insurance will depend on the life insurance carrier with whom you are applying for coverage. Individual carriers establish this limit as a… matter of company policy. Some carriers will not issue beyond 75, some 80. There are many carriers that will offer coverage up to age 90.

Yes, you may be able to get final expense insurance for an elderly parent. However, the insured person usually needs to sign the application for coverage and answer some que…stions on the application. There are companies such as Globe Life, Colonial Penn and Stonebridge Life who offer life insurance for people age 78 and under. Some carriers even offer coverage for people age 80 and under. Review your choices carefully, because some policies offer limited coverage the first 2 years the policy is In Force.

I'm 73 and on Medicare. The insurance I have now for Victor Legner UCSD primary care doctor will be discontinued Dec. 31, 2013. I need to know what insurance (HMO's and PP…O's) UCSD Hospital and Dr. Legner will accept in 2014?

Are you asking if you can buy it while in the hospital? It depends why you are there. More than likely you would need to wait until you are out or buy a guaranteed issue…d policy. In any event, if you need it now while you are in the hospital, you still need it when you get out.

The Methodist Hospital in Houston will take insurance or cash. You will need to phone each hospital branch to find out which insurance they will accept. The phone numbers for …these are on the website.